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I published a short piece on divination in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/divination-in-early-modern-britain-sought-signs-in-swine-the-stars-and-scripture-241825

It introduces some of the themes explored more fully in the digital exhibition Stars, Sieves & Stories. I love the story about Mary Smith, who hoodwinked a young apprentice with by claiming to practise astrology ‘before very great people, princes, and the like’. There are also prophetic pigs, spinning sieves and liaisons with the Fairy Queen.

Dr Martha McGill
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